Wales Archives - Baird Maritime

March 31, 2021

COLUMN | Quick updates: Eni acquittal on corruption charges, SBM whistleblower, Fisher fatalities, Pacific Drilling/Noble merger, Scottish windfarm windfall, and Golar/Perenco FLNG dispute [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on March 31, 2021. Posted in Dive Support, Jackups/Liftboats, Offshore Construction, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore Exploration, Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

For the end of the quarter, we feature a six-pack of updates on stories we covered recently. Eni (and Shell) acquitted over US$1 billion Nigerian corruption (for now) One ..

March 22, 2021

UK authorities extend search for missing fishing vessel Nicola Faith

Written by Baird Maritime on March 22, 2021. Posted in Catching, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Search and Rescue.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has said that it will extend the search for the fishing vessel Nicola Faith, which went missing off the coast of Colwyn ..

January 29, 2021

RNLI joins multi-agency search for missing fishing boat off North Wales

Written by Baird Maritime on January 29, 2021. Posted in Other Fishing Methods, Search and Rescue.

A search got underway off the coast of North Wales on the morning (local time) of Thursday, January 28, following concerns for an overdue fishing vessel with three people ..

March 31, 2021

Welsh fisheries patrol boat joins search for missing Nicola Faith

Written by Baird Maritime on March 31, 2021. Posted in Catching, Non-Naval (Maritime Security), Regulation & Enforcement, Search and Rescue.

The Welsh Government has approved the deployment of the fisheries patrol vessel Rhodri Morgan to assist in the search for the missing fishing boat Nicola Faith, the UK ..

March 8, 2021

UK authorities recover life raft from fishing boat that vanished off North Wales

Written by Baird Maritime on March 8, 2021. Posted in Catching, Search and Rescue.

A life raft from a fishing vessel that went missing off the coast of North Wales’ Colwyn Bay on January 27 has been recovered, the UK Marine Accident Investigation ..

December 3, 2020

Damen wins HST workboat order

Written by Baird Maritime on December 3, 2020. Posted in Harbour Tugs and Operation, Offshore Tugs and Operations, Offshore Wind.

Damen Shipyards Group has been awarded a contract to supply a new multi-purpose workboat to Welsh operator High Speed Transfers (HST). The vessel, which will be named HST ..

March 26, 2021

Work Boat World Offshore Vessel Orders and Deliveries Roundup – March 26, 2021

Written by Baird Maritime on March 26, 2021. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Crew Transfer, Dive Support, Offshore Construction, Offshore World, Subsea Surveying, Unmanned Craft (Non-Naval).

With crewboats being among the smallest and perhaps least complex vessels in the offshore segment, it comes as no surprise that their numbers worldwide have been ..

February 23, 2021

COLUMN | BP buys big in offshore wind as SBM and BW jump in too — Part Two [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on February 23, 2021. Posted in Offshore Processing & Storage, Offshore Wind, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

In Part One (here), we examined how BP paid 65 per cent more than its nearest rival to scoop two leases for new windfarms off England and Wales, paying the Queen hundreds ..

EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEK

November 6, 2020

MAIB releases report on fatal collision between two rescue boats in River Cleddau, Wales

Written by Baird Maritime on November 6, 2020. Posted in RIBs and RHIBs, Search and Rescue.

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report on its investigation into a collision between two Welsh fire and rescue boats that had led to ..